NodeGreen11
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What are the speed limits of the Stouffville Line?
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GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)
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smallspy
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There was simply no clearance to be had.
The old T&N corridor is shockingly narrow, but that stems from its origin - as a narrow-gauge, lightly built railway link to a major(-ish) city. It was never really intended as a major link other than from the towns far afield into Toronto.
And unlike the old TG&B, there was no incentive to add property and widen the corridor. The TG&B ended up being an important route down to the 'States, and so its original corridor was widened several times. The T&N, later Midland? It only went to the hinterland of Central Ontario.
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Yes, later became part of the Midland Railway of Canada. That's where Midland Avenue gets its name from.
smallspy
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The last set of charts I have are from the middle of 2019, but they show zone speeds of 40mph south of Agincourt Station and 50mph north of it. There are also a number of lower speed sections due to curvature north of Unionville.
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Yeah, the history never anticipated the route reaching such grandeur….. but by pure sidewalk inspection there are places where the new sound walls appear to have been installed leaving room for a third track, and other places where that seems impossible. I wonder if any of that is by design, or if it’s just the result of sticking to legacy lot lines. It seems awfully hodge podge.
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This prompted me to double-check my math and unfortunately I did find an error. Let that be a lesson about doing mental arithmetic at 1AM and not checking one's work... It took 35 seconds (not 25) to get 748 m from Huntingwood to Finch, which is an average speed of 21.4 m/s, or 76.9 km/h (47.8 mph). Not 108 km/h. It did feel like we were going approximately the speed limit given the amount of lateral G force through the S-bend at Finch which felt similar to other trains travelling track speed (very noticeable but not uncomfortable), so I don't think the zone speed will be increased above 50 mph.
The train was travelling very slowly south of Agincourt, and it felt like we could have gone faster through the S-bend at Lawrence East. I really hope they are taking the opportunity to increase the track speed along that segment. And if they don't, they should at least do so when the SRT ROW is decomissioned and the curvature through Lawrence East can be smoothed out (all while reserving space for a 3rd and possibly 4th track south of Ellesmere).
To be fair, the tracks do look nearly complete between the switch north of Kennedy and the crossover south of CP / Highland Creek. The main remaining outstanding items are getting the second track through the crossing at Progress (which takes a couple days, based on observing the Barrie line double tracking in 2017), finishing the two tracks where there is currently a temporary track shift, and finishing up the ballast. None of those items are particularly challenging, so I'm guessing they're aiming to have a 5.1 km (3.2 mile) segment of double track in service between Kennedy and Highland Creek within the relatively near future.
The remaining 6.1 km (3.9 mile) gap to the crossover north of Milliken does include the two stations which will take a bit longer to double track. So as long as the work at Highland Creek is completed before those two stations, then there's no harm in the relatively slow progress there.
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Guelphtoday.com has an article on their website speaking to work completed on the Macdonell Street rail bridge in Guelph this weekend, along with photos: https://www.guelphtoday.com/local-n...-street-rail-bridge-replaced-8-photos-4324394
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The 2,059-space Bramalea parking garage and new station building open tomorrow:
There is still a lot of work to do, including demolishing the c. 1990 station building (which has become too small for the traffic that goes through there, especially with the bus ridership growth), completing the bus terminal (the fourth permanent bus facility on that property!) and rebuilding the surface lots and PPUDO driveway.
There is still a lot of work to do, including demolishing the c. 1990 station building (which has become too small for the traffic that goes through there, especially with the bus ridership growth), completing the bus terminal (the fourth permanent bus facility on that property!) and rebuilding the surface lots and PPUDO driveway.
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Monarch Butterfly
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What power microscope do I need to locate the "covered bike parking" or "bike rack"?
Definitely not The Netherlands.
Definitely not The Netherlands.
kamira51
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Heh, you think people would dare ride a bike in that part of Brampton? that's suicide.What power microscope do I need to locate the "covered bike parking" or "bike rack"?
Definitely not The Netherlands.
Monarch Butterfly
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The 2,059-space Bramalea parking garage and new station building open tomorrow:
There is still a lot of work to do, including demolishing the c. 1990 station building (which has become too small for the traffic that goes through there, especially with the bus ridership growth), completing the bus terminal (the fourth permanent bus facility on that property!) and rebuilding the surface lots and PPUDO driveway.
What IS the closest hospital to the Bramalea GO Station?
kamira51
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It would have to be Brampton Civic, and that's a good 20 minute drive.
Monarch Butterfly
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By bike with a flat tire and broken arm. To save money on the ambulance co-payment fee of $45.
Would be worse, if the hospital was less than a kilometre away from the GO station. $220, or $240 today. See link.
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Garuda
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I rode my bike from Bramalea to Claireville Reservoir on Steeles back in 2018 and I happily rode on the sidewalk. Riding in mixed traffic with trucks doing 80+ was suicide.